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Netherlands

Netherlands is the 5th-largest economy in the EU, a GDP of €1.2T (2025) and a per-capita output of €65.2k, a median age of 42.6 years. Member of the European Union since 1958.

406 Eurostat indicators across 15 topics, with full year-by-year history.

Population

18.0M

2025 · rank 7/27

GDP (current prices)

€1.2T

2025 · rank 5/27

GDP per capita

€65.2k

2025 · rank 4/27

Median age

42.6yrs

2025 · rank 20/27

Country at a glance

Netherlands is a western europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Amsterdam. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, Netherlands is an open trading economy anchored by the Port of Rotterdam, Schiphol Airport and a strong agri-food complex, with a fiscally conservative tradition and the seat of EU agencies (EMA in Amsterdam, Eurojust in The Hague). The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Dutch is the official language and the country is divided into 4 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Netherlands is currently 7th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 5th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Netherlands stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

  • Female employment 78.9% — top 1 in EU

Netherlands vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Netherlands's rank across covered member states.

IndicatorNLEU-27 avgΔRankYear
Gross domestic product (GDP) and main components per capita - annual data€65,210€41,620+57%4/272025
Gross domestic product (GDP) and main components (output, expenditure and income) - annual data€1,179,458M€18,810,682M-94%5/272025
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data3.9%6.0%-35%22/272025
Employment rates by citizenship78.9%66.6%+18%1/272025
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex13.4%16.3%-18%20/272025
Life expectancy by age and sex81.981.5+0%15/272024
Population structure indicators at national level42.644.9-5%20/272025
Fertility indicators1.431.34+7%9/272024
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data44.4%81.7%-46%19/272025
Share of energy from renewable sources20.2%25.2%-20%18/272024
Population in private households by educational attainment level46.1%36.9%+25%7/272025
GERD by sector of performance2.3%2.2%+2%7/272024

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Netherlands, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

Economy & national accounts

36 indicators

Public finance & taxation

13 indicators

Labour & employment

44 indicators

Demography & population

48 indicators

Income, poverty & living conditions

124 indicators

Migration & asylum

26 indicators

Education

3 indicators

Health

25 indicators

Justice & crime

7 indicators

Environment & climate

15 indicators

Energy

10 indicators

Digital society & ICT

26 indicators

Science, R&D, patents

7 indicators

Transport

3 indicators

Tourism

19 indicators

More data on Netherlands

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (406 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API